At Latvia’s most prestigious healthcare event, the Annual Medical Awards 2024, cardiac surgeon and Head of the RSU Cardiac Surgery Residency Programme, Emeritus Professor Romans Lācis, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. At 79, he still works and operates.
On Thursday, April 10, the first Info Day of the BioPhoT platform took place. The aim of the event was to outline the essential aspects of the platform's operation and requirements, as well as to help scientists prepare for submitting research and innovation project (PIP) applications. As previously reported, BioPhoT platform projects must be submitted by the scientific institution by May 8, therefore interested RSU research groups are required to upload their application forms by April 30.
To provide a modern and high-quality environment for sports and physical activity, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has commenced the expansion of its sports complex, with the construction of a new building at 3 Cigoriņu iela in Torņakalns.
The new complex will span a total area of 3,627 m², featuring a sports hall, dedicated gymnastics areas, training zones, and gyms, as well as seating for up to 210 spectators. Designed to meet FIBA2 and CEV2 standards, the building is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026.
Autore: Linda Rozenbaha,
RSU Sabiedrisko attiecību nodaļa
The winners of the TOP Employer survey – recognising the best and most desirable employers in Latvia – were honoured for the 14th time on 9 April, at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Pharmaceutical Education and Research Centre. RSU was named the most desirable employer in the public sector for the third year in a row, earning the highest ranking among public sector organisations in the TOP 50 list.
Laurence Dietze, Cooperation Coordinator, medical student,
RSU International Department
Roberts Rumba will defend his doctoral dissertation on 16 April in an open meeting of the RSU Clinical Medicine doctoral committee. His dissertation is titled 'Endovascular Transvenous Femoropopliteal Bypass and its Effectiveness Compared to Open Bypass in the Treatment of Long Segment Superficial Femoral Artery Occlusion.'
The 18th Latvian Conference on Rare Diseases, organised by Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), the Latvian Association of Rare Disease Specialists (RSSA), and Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH), will take place this Friday, 11 April, at 14:00 at RSU.
From 24 to 28 March, Kristīne Blumfelde-Rutka — lecturer and researcher at the RSU Faculty of Social Sciences, PhD candidate, and sustainability expert at the RSU Rector’s Governance Office — represented Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) at the International Staff Training Week hosted by the University of Marburg in Germany. The event brought together representatives from over 15 universities from across the globe.
‘Artificial intelligence platforms and their applications in the study process, research, and the development of new technologies have become an integral part of our reality. The establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Centre serves as a bridge for collaboration—where science meets technology to jointly foster new ideas. These ideas will be transformed into innovations that drive the modern development of both industry and society,’ emphasised Prof.
